The People's Committee of Quang Nam province has just sent a document to the Prime Minister on assigning competent state agencies to implement investment procedures for the Chu Lai Airport project under the PPP form.

According to the People's Committee of Quang Nam province, the Chu Lai Airport project has been approved by the Prime Minister for investment in the form of PPP and assigned the Provincial People's Committee to proactively implement documents and procedures to call for, attract investment and exploitation.

Currently, the Provincial People's Committee is coordinating with the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies and units to speed up the progress of establishing, appraising, and submitting for approval the Chu Lai Airport Construction Plan to 2030, with a vision to 2050.

At the same time, the Provincial People's Committee also coordinated with the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, and the Ministry of Finance to measure, mark, and demarcate boundaries to submit to competent authorities to hand over the land area for socio-economic development to the province.

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Chu Lai Airport. Photo: Cong Sang

In addition, the Provincial People's Committee is also directing the simultaneous implementation of research steps, speeding up the progress of preparing a pre-feasibility study report so that it can be submitted for appraisal and approval immediately after the construction planning is approved.

However, due to the nature of Chu Lai Airport being managed by many units, the Provincial People's Committee proposed that the Prime Minister consider and assign the Provincial People's Committee as the competent authority to develop a pre-feasibility study report and submit it to the competent authority to decide on the project investment policy.

Previously, at the end of November 2022, the People's Committee of Quang Nam province submitted the Project on socialization of investment and exploitation of Chu Lai Airport to the ministerial level. Accordingly, it is proposed to synchronously build a new runway at the airport; a passenger terminal with a capacity of about 10 million passengers/year. The total investment capital needed to "upgrade" this airport is estimated at about 11,000 billion VND.